11.3. Maturing of the Registry Concept

Registries are a very important part of the services vision. However, registry technology available today is still very nascent. There are several industry-level issues that need to be addressed and certain mindshifts that need to happen before the concept of registries (both public and private) moves into the mainstream — in much the same way that Web-searching portals of the likes of Yahoo! and Excite became popular only when Web sites were easily deployed and became accepted in people’s minds as a mechanism for information gathering.

11.3.1. Business Paradigm Shift

The focus on core competency was the spark of the outsourcing trend that has now become a billion-dollar industry. Companies now outsource ...

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